By T J Jordan B Emily and Dylan Introduction Many people believe that humans ancestors were apes but if you read this PowerPoint you may rethink that thought Come along with us sixth graders to discover the secrets of how our ancestors the Neanderthals lived ID: 306414
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Neanderthals
By, T. J., Jordan B., Emily, and Dylan Slide2
Introduction
Many people believe that humans’ ancestors were apes, but if you read this PowerPoint, you may rethink that thought! Come along with us, sixth graders, to discover the secrets of how our ancestors (the Neanderthals) lived.Slide3
Where They Lived
The Neanderthals Lived in Africa, Europe, and Asia about 100,000-40,000 years ago.[1]Slide4
Description of Shelters
Neanderthals lived in huts and tents like other ancestors of ours, but they also lived in caves. Their huts and tents were made by covering mammoth bones with animal hides, and then more bones and some mammoth tusks on top of the animal hides.[2]Slide5
Development of Language
How did Neanderthals communicate with each other? Paintings! Paintings and carvings in caves show how some Neanderthal men and women lived. They drew animals and stick figures on cave walls. [3]Slide6
Fire
Fire was a very useful tool for the Neanderthals.[4] They would use it to scare
off wild animals, and they used fire to cook raw foods. The Neanderthals started using fire when they began to live in East Africa. Fire changed almost ever part of their lives
.
To make fire, Neanderthals used one
fire stone and a
iron pyrite! The stones were hit together until the iron pyrite released red-hot
particles:
the
sparks!
Neanderthals then let
the sparks fall onto easily
flammable
material. That might be tinder fungus (that is a specific mushroom growing on trees) or sedges (a marshland plant).
To keep the fire going, Neanderthals had to carefully
blow on the spark, so that it turns into a small flame. Adding straw and dry wood, the spark
became a
real campfire
! [5]Slide7
Clothing
The materials the Neanderthals used for clothing
were animal skins and fur. Then the Neanderthals used bone to put holes in the skins so they could put through sinew, which was used to tie the skins together to make clothing.
.[6]Slide8
Food
Neanderthals hunted Woolly Mammoths during the Ice Age.The men also hunted bison and reindeer.
Women and young girls gathered fruits, vegetables, roots, nuts, and berries. Occasionally women also trapped small game.During the warmer
months, hunters traveled great distances tracking other
large
animals.[7]Slide9
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Neanderthals were short and stocky with large
muscles.[8] Slide10
Tools
Stone axes were used to cut wood for fires. The Neanderthals also used bone to make holes in hide so that they could put sinew through and tie the sinew together to make clothing to keep them warm. They also made blankets and tent covers to cover their tents for protection from the weather. [9]
The Neanderthals made tools mainly from stone, so that time period was called the Stone Age.[10]Slide11
Paintings, Carvings, and Ceremonies
Neanderthals used animal furs and wood to make brushes for painting on cave walls to communicate and to tell stories. “Death” ceremonies would include throwing flowers over the dead body, and burying the dead body of the family member or friend of
theirs, sort of like a funeral.[11] Slide12
Conclusion
So, as you can tell, Neanderthals were very interesting and were not so very different from humans today, despite the differences in technology. Now you should know how Neanderthals lived, ate, slept, and much, much more!
Now it is time for…
…a Quiz!Slide13
Quiz!
How long ago did the Neanderthals live?What kind of tool did the Neanderthals use to cut wood to make a fire?How did the Neanderthals make their shelter, and what did they live in?Slide14
Answers
Neanderthals lived from 100,000 - 40,000 years ago.Neanderthals used stone axes to cut wood for fire.The Neanderthals used animal hides to make huts and tents for shelter, and they also lived in caves.Slide15
End Notes
1. Early Humans Packet Slide 32. California Vistas Ancient Civilization book Slide 43. Ibid. Slide 5
4. Early Humans Packet Slide 6 5. California Vistas Ancient Civilization book Slide 6
6. Ibid. Slide 7
7. Ibid. Slide 8
8. Early Humans Packet Slide 9Slide16
More End Notes
9. Ibid. Slide 10 10. California Vistas Ancient Civilization book Slide 10
11. Early Humans Packet Slide 11 Slide17
Bibliography
California Visits Ancient Civilizations. Macmillan/McGraw Hill: New York, NY, 2007.Kearns, Marsha.“Neanderthal.” Early Humans. Creative Teaching Press: CA, 1993.“Neanderthal.” Neanderthal
. http://www.earlyhumans.mrdonn.org/.